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Thought it might need to be. I have dug out an old kit to use as a paint mule so I can find out what I can get away with. Gondor
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I have now completed the repair work to the canards! Easy to tell which bits I broke. I was too eager to get working on the kit that I was careless when separating the parts from the supports. If anyone reading this is thinking of buying one, go ahead, just take care removing the supports, which is good advice for any 3D print items. The trailing edges were also repaired due to some small chipping along the edge. I simply used superglue and a file a few days later to make everything smooth. This thread will slow down a bit as I have started to paint the ejector seats. Lots of different colours next to each other so each has to dry thoroughly before the next is added, etc, etc, etc. Gondor
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A small update. Been suffering from a lack of mojo, or I started too quickly, one or both of them. I recently received some paint, nothing unusual in that you may think. This was chrome metal paint though, Ideal for pistons in undercarriage legs and door jacks etc. Not exactly designed with aircraft in mind, but paint is paint, right? So I have just tried out the plain Chrome Metal on the undercarriage. Before After I had originally used Humbrol Polished Steel but was not happy with the result. I may dig out something from "The box of DOOM" and try the same paint on different backgrounds such as Matt and Gloss Black to see the results. I also have fixed the tips of the canards, just need to tidy up a couple of chips on the trailing edges. Gondor
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Still working on this despite the lack of posts on the progress. Way too much of real life getting in the way as well as waiting on some paint to arrive for the chrome of the pistons in the undercarriage. What I have been doing is repairing problems of my own making. Lost panel lines on the engine pods when sanding down the join in the parts there and the tips of the canards which I broke in my eagerness to free the parts from their supports. The repair methodology is the make the broken surface flat, then attach some plastic card that is bigger than required with superglue. I then, for the leading tip, filed along the leading edge to produce a nice flat line, followed by the inboard edge and then finally shaping the profile of the replacement tip. A similar method will be used on the trailing edge tip as well. Just realised that the canards look a bit like the fin of the F-111 Gondor
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Another Stirling...or How Not To Do It
Gondor44 replied to MOK61's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
I have found them to be so. Gondor- 265 replies
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Another Stirling...or How Not To Do It
Gondor44 replied to MOK61's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Great work with the FN.20. May I recommend "British Aircraft Armament Volume 1: RAF Gun Turrets from 1914 to the Present Day by R.Wallace Clarke" and the companion Volume 2 which deals with the guns themselves. Gondor- 265 replies
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British Airways Fairey Rotodyne! Red Tail Delight!
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That colour scheme is working so well Gondor -
1:72 Airfix Handley Page Victor B.Mk.2
Gondor44 replied to Navy Bird's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Yes it is, in through the nose and out through the mouth. Gondor -
Just looked at my Tank Museum book on the Churchill, pg156 Set Flags, Tank Distinguishing is what it is labelled as. Gondor
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I took a couple of pictures earlier today of the dry brushing that I had done on the cockpit. There is not much else to see today, as I have been filling chips and lost parts from the edge of doors etc, all my fault by the way so there is not much else to see other than a rather boring couple of Red Beard bombs in Hu 3 that have just been painted. I still can't decide if I should add any wiring or not. Certainly thinking about some kind of HUD for the pilot. Gondor
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That tube on the turret. I am thinking that it could be a signal flag holder. Gondor
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I didn't get much done today mostly due to shopping. I did start on the scissor link for the main undercarriage leg though I plan to finish it tomorrow. I also added some super glue to the edges of various doors that I damaged in my enthusiasm to start this build. Fortunately, the damage is slight and confined to the edges. I would not like to repair any damage to the interior of these lovely doors. I also did some dry brushing of the cockpit interior, might add some cables tomorrow. Gondor
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Your observations about the interior of the Stirling's nose turret being the same as the Lancasters are quite correct, they are both FN.4s and the designation does refer to the mechanical aspects of the turret. It's the perspex and the frames that are different and depend on the aircraft the turret is fitted to. Gondor
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1:72 Airfix Handley Page Victor B.Mk.2
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No offence meant as its a great build, but it does remind me of "Call me Ishmael"! Hope the op goes well. Gondor -
I have been filling and sanding the joint between the front and main bodies of the two engine pods which is why there has not been much of my reporting any progress. This afternoon I used HATAKA Blue range black paint over the joints and a scratch to see if when sanded back there was any paint left in any recesses. The upper engine has yet to have the black sanded back while the lower engine has had the black sanded back. No black paint in any recesses which is good. And to my relief, none for the other engine as well! Tomorrow I will start painting the ejector seats and work on the doors. Maybe use them for background music at the same time. Gondor
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Resistance equals Voltage over Current Gondor
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Ah yes, it was..... Gondor
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So on with the PSR. The majority of the need for PSR is my own fault, so a word of warning for anyone following this. Use a slow-setting glue. I, in my normal fashion, after a test fit, thought there wouldn't be a problem so just used super glue and get on with it. So I ended up with a very slight step as I had the front of the engine pod a little low, not any more as I have used quite a large file to sort one of the pods out as I didn't have a spokeshave available, and the thing is big enough to use one on too. That's a scaled ruler in 1/72 scale, so you can see how big the engine pods are! So there will be some panel engraving to be done once I am sure the join has gone and there are no major problems with the contours which feel good to my fingers. That's for another day though. Gondor
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Rubber Band, that was a song by David Bowie!, nice little ditty it was too Gondor
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Solan Goose= Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4. Airfix 1/48.
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I take it those battery lookalikes are the sonar buoys? Makes me think of pulling a prank by making one up to say Duracel and see if anyone notices Gondor -
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I had a day off work to get some things done outside of modelling and I accomplished them I ended up with not much extra modelling time though. What I have managed to do is to glue some parts together. Excuse the paint tins, they were the only things that would stay in place while holding the main body of the engine nose down so you could see the rear. Part of the engine/shock core assembly sticks out of the back, it's meant to, as it acts as a locating plug for the rear of the engine assembly. Here are the main part and the rear section glued together. the whole thing is quite large. I now have applied filler to the join line which doesn't fall on a panel line. This makes it far easier to deal with in my opinion. I should have the filler sanded back tomorrow evening when you will get to see them looking far better than they do now. Gondor
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Not much done today, seemed to always be busy doing other things. I have managed to slap a bit of paint in a few places though. An example of which are the intakes They look glossy but the paint is still wet. I overpainted the outside so that I could try masking them when I get around to painting the camouflage. I also touched up the cockpit interior with more paint. I had intended to do the panels and boxes in black but that will have to be done tomorrow now. Gondor
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